As for determining which animals have been strangled and not drained of their blood, we must understand that the focus was on the quantity of blood remaining in the meat of the animal. It was not the fact that the animal was strangled that kept it from being eaten, but the fact that it was never drained of its blood.
The Eocene constitutes the middle part of the Paleogene period (65-23 million years ago), preceded by the Paleocene and succeeded by the Oligocene epoch (34-23 million years ago); all of these periods and epochs were part of the Cenozoic Era (65 million years ago to the present).
Ice, Megafauna and Hominids. The Quaternary Period began with an ice age about 1.8 million years ago. It is often called the Age of Humans. It continues up to the present time and is the period that we live in.It is divided into two epochs 1  : The Pleistocene Epoch - 1.8 million to 11,000 years ago. 2  The Holocene Epoch - 11,000 years ago to present.ce, Megafauna and Hominids. The Quaternary Period began with an ice age about 1.8 million years ago. It is often called the Age of Humans. It continues up to the present time and is the period that we live in.